On December 4, 2020, a 26-year-old Derrieck Cuevas (23-0-1, 15 KOs) and Damian Ezequiel Bonelli met in the ring.
Cuevas came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 4 days.
Derrieck Cuevas lost to Damian Ezequiel Bonelli via split decision in the 6-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 23-1-1.